How desperately did Hillary Clinton want to be president? This desperately

Remember Barack Obama’s fake “presidential seal” — the one displayed on the front of lecterns during his first run for president? It seemed pretty delusional at the time and would have come off as downright pathetic if he had lost the election.

But it wouldn’t be half as pathetic as the image at the top of this page. That’s Hillary Clinton — the real flesh-and-blood Hillary — seated at a mock-up of the “Resolute desk” that has graced the Oval Office during some dozen presidencies, beginning with that of Rutherford B. Hayes. It is likely the desk Clinton would have used if she had won.

And here she is, sitting at her own “Resolute desk” in Venice Italy, reading her mail, just like a real president. No, Hillary isn’t the president, but she still likes to play one.

As The Hill explains, the desk is part of an art installation that also includes 62,000 pages of Clinton’s emails that were printed out. The exhibit, titled “HILLARY: The Hillary Clinton Emails,” was created by artist Kenneth Goldsmith.